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...^=^=%#@ OK AT THIS POINT I AM READY TO BELIEVE.  @#%=^=^...
..^=^=%#@# IT WOULD BE SO EASY TO LET GO AND START  #@#%=^=^..
.^=^=%#@## TO TAKE IN WATER. THE BOAT WOULD BE      ##@#%=^=^.
..^=^=%#@# SUBMERGED IN MINUTES, A SMALL LIST AT    #@#%=^=^..
...^=^=%#@ FIRST BUT ONCE ENOUGH SEA HAS POURED     @#%=^=^...
....^=^=%# IN, IT WOULD BE QUICK. THE BOAT ON ITS   #%=^=^....
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........^= ANYWAY - I'M FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT THE     =^........
.........^ SPOTS MOVE. THEY'RE INSECTS OR           ^.........
.......... SOMETHING. WHEN I'M NOT LOOKING, THEY    ..........
.......... SHIFT, THEY CRAWL, THEY GROW AND         ..........
.......... SHRINK. THEY CONGREGATE                  ..........
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.......... (I'M THINKING, I SHOULD GET A TATTOO     ..........
.......... GUN, DRAW CIRCLES AROUND THEM. TO SHOW   ..........
.......... THAT THEY DO INDEED MIGRATE ACROSS THE   ..........
.........^ SKIN. (OR, THE CIRCLES WOULD TRAP THEM,  ^.........
........^= LIKE SALT))                              =^........
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